Old Emmons Tone Capacitor
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- Simon Stephenson
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Old Emmons Tone Capacitor
Anyone know what capacitor I should use to replace the one in the tone control for my 70s Emmons student model? The capacitor is quite literally "mashed" so I can't read the value.
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Here's a link to the same discussion in the old forum.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/007785.html
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/007785.html
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No, you can use just about anything, because the audio signal does not pass through the cap, frequencies are bled off through it to ground - it's a "subtractive" device.
As said, the value isn't critical either. All a value change does is alter the amount of treble that is removed...and how fast turning the knob makes it happen, to explain it simply.
In 6-strings the most-used for years were .047uf, and I'd save up discarded .047uf amp caps - brown "chocolate drops" that sound horrid in amps, but work fine in guitar circuits.
Try to find a .047 or .05 - that's usually the smoothest operating and gives the most useful lower limits. But a .022 (very common) will also work fine.
As said, the value isn't critical either. All a value change does is alter the amount of treble that is removed...and how fast turning the knob makes it happen, to explain it simply.
In 6-strings the most-used for years were .047uf, and I'd save up discarded .047uf amp caps - brown "chocolate drops" that sound horrid in amps, but work fine in guitar circuits.
Try to find a .047 or .05 - that's usually the smoothest operating and gives the most useful lower limits. But a .022 (very common) will also work fine.
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1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional